Hindustan Ambassador Engine Bore and Piston Ring Inspection | Engine Rebuild

[@nimeshvala1793]

Nice

[@t.p.visweswarasharma6738]

Can tell which make of electronic ignition system available in ebay is suitable to replace contact breakers and condensers of Mark IV petrol Ambassador as the points and condensers available from Lucas - TVS is of very low quality which may go faulty within a travel of less than 100 km.

[@fixpaana]

I am not sure. This car retains the points and condenser system. I do not know which electronic ignition conversion would work on the BMC petrol Amby. The only conversion kit I have heard of is the Pertronix but I do not know if they make one for our engine and they tend to be expensive. Sorry I have no knowledge to offer in this case 😅

[@fixpaana]

You could try to research what kind of electronic ignition conversion kits are used by MGA, MGB, Morris Oxford or even by Mini owners abroad. That might help you find a good kit.

[@t.p.visweswarasharma6738]

@@fixpaana Thank you

[@t.p.visweswarasharma6738]

What would be the average expense of petrol ambassador engine rework namely replacing pistons liners etc?

[@fixpaana]

It would depend on who you get to rebuild the engine, which machine shop you get the work done from and what all parts need replacing/machining. Reputed mechanics and machine shops will be more expensive but worth it in the long run as once the engine is done right, it will last a very long time. So it's a lot of variables that come into play. It's not super expensive to rebuild these engines as the parts are more readily available compared to other classic cars that need the parts to be imported. So it's difficult to estimate costs but a rebuild would easily be over 30k, again depending on the condition of the engine, availability and cost of parts (pistons, bearings, bushings etc) other difficult to predict factors